Ear Feeling Full and Achy After Car Wheel Spun and Made Awful Screech

You say you have hyperacusis but I saw an ENT at Yale and she said this usually goes away. I had it too. It’s improved, not sure if it was true hyperacusis but everything seemed too damn loud.

 

Can you elaborate more on what you meant by the chronic nerve damage?

 

I meant I was obsessed I had chronic nerve damage.

Thankfully I'm now in a much better place. I still have daily pain but I live with it... Mostly.

Shaun.

 

Hi,

I've been suffering with a variety of symptoms for nearly a year brought on by my stupid brother's car. When he pulled off, I was exposed to about a second of high frequency subjectively high volume.

Since then I've experienced:

-Almost constant ear fullness of varying degrees
-Burning in and around my ear
-Tension around my jaw, in my face, back of my ear and in my shoulder
-Pain in my ear and jaw
-Intense anxiety
-ETD symptoms. Loud popping in my ear, crackling etc

These symptoms are not brought on by or made worse by noise. Therefore I don't think this is hyperacusis.

My hearing test is good to 14.5 kHz which is OK for my age.

My concern now is how to get rid of this. What worries me is that it can last indefinitely! I've been reading about music therapy and the need for a psychologist. This has definitely caused me to be hypervigilant and induced some kind of PTSD.

Does anyone else have any more suggestions on how to improve this?

Shaun.

 

@ShaunR - do you get popping or crackling in ear upon any action like yawning, chewing?

 

@Greg Sacramento, what is the mechanism involved with jaw pain and/or neck and shoulders? Do we know why this happens with tinnitus? Is there a hormonal reaction or is it a feedback loop that tinnitus causes increased bruxism and stress therefore causing TMD which leads to additional symptoms?

To me it seems this simple: noise causes tinnitus, tinnitus causes anxiety, anxiety leads to Bruxism and TMD and TMD leads to ETD and hyperacusis symptoms. But I know in my mind it can’t possibly be this easy. I also seem to realize that many people on ADs or benzos seem to have less of these jaw/neck problems but it’s just my observation and maybe I’m wrong.

 

My understanding is the Tensor Tympani muscle (at this point in spasm) innervates the Trigeminal Nerve which in turn causes pain in the branches of the Trigeminal Nerve (I'm writing this drunk so correct me if I'm wrong).

What I think may help is sound therapy. Yes, yes, many people say it's BS but a lot of people have made improvements with sound therapy.

I'm going to start on sound therapy tonight and stick with it. I don't have much to lose.... And my life to gain.

Shaun.

 

Not really. My jaw and Eustachian tube do pop on yawning. I also can't pop my right bad ear by soft Valsalva. However, I've read that's common with Acoustic Shock Disorder.

Shaun.

 

I wish you continuous recovery.

 

Are ear clicks symptoms of ETD or noise-induced tinnitus, or both?

Can people with ETD equalize pressure changes?